National Green Tribunal (NGT)

<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Almitra H. Patel &amp; Anr. Vs. Union of India &amp; Others dated 22/09/2017 regarding waste dumping at the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi. Tribunal

The Western Ghats is distinct for its inter-woven network of protected, reserved and community conserved forest areas comprising wildlife corridors spanning long distances, cutting across boundaries that

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has suspended the environment clearance granted to the proposed POSCO project in Orissa on grounds of faulty Environment Impact Assessment.
Read text of this NGT verdict appreciated by the anti-POSCO activists.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Praffula Samantra Vs Union of India and Others dated 30/03/2012. This appeal is filed against the final order dated 31.1.2011 of the Ministry of

The National Green Tribunal has put on hold the Bhadreshwar thermal power plant at Mundra in Gujarat. It has asked the project proponent, OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd, to stop all works at its 300 MW power

National Green Tribunal Judgment dated 9/02/2012, on Sponge Iron Plant in District Raigarh, Chattisgarh, before 2004 i.e. prior to issuance of EIA Notification, 2006. The production capacity of the said

<p>Environment ministry granted clearance even though mandatory public consultations were not held The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environment clearance granted to the sponge iron plant of

The Bombay High Court has said it will decide whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010 can be used to adjudicate alleged irregularities by the Lavasa township.
A bench will now decide whether

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Happy anniversary to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)! April 2011 saw the completion of the first year of the ministry's promise to ensure green justice for one and all.</p>
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For all its visible activism, it is not clear why the Union environment ministry has remained slow in activating the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which came into being in October 2010. No appointments have been made to the NGT after Parliament passed the NGT Act last October. The ministry has also not yet framed the rules under the Act.